why not uummmph it up and make it as graphic as the scenes that hint at awfulness are.......surely under such duress people would use words far more graphically than just occasionaly interspersing a 'f**K' here and there.

which is far more styalised and smaller budget and less design realistic?

Yet alsthough they dont say 'f***' what they do say is far more shocking. There seems to be far more behind each character......i.e. feelings and plotting (which is after all what interests us about rome)....or even commudus in 'cladiator' Joaquin Phoenix (for me) showed the danger., madness and charisma with just looks.....there isnt as much to the acting in 'Rome' its just saying your lines and walking around the set